CINCINNATI, OHIO - JUNE 28: Alejo Lopez #28 of the Cincinnati Reds bats in the seventh inning. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)
Get used to that smile, folks. Alejo Lopez sparked a seventh-inning rally with a pinch hit appearance in his Major League Baseball debut. Lopez lined the first ball he saw into shallow right-center field, and the Cincinnati Reds used the momentum to take the lead on a Nick Castellanos grand slam.
After hitting everything he saw during his time in the minor leagues earlier this season, Lopez forced the hand of the Cincinnati front office.